Furnace



W. E. RYNIKER FURNACE Filed m 5, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR ATTORNEY IVIQZZerEIyIZi E'W;

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W. E. RYNEKER FURNACE Filed May 5, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet, 2

unlllllllll v ATTOR NEY Patented Get. 1, 1929 srares eart L'BdddtiFURNACE Application filed May 5, 1928. Serial No. 275,509.

. The present invention has reference to certain new and usefulimprovements in furnaces, the primary objectbeing the provision of anovel form of furnace or heater wherein novel means is employed forbaffling or delaying the products of combustion in their passage throughcertain fines and a radiator in the shell or casing of the furnace,thereby affording such products of combustion time to part with theirheat before escaping through a vent in the radiator, and conse quentlyproducing a furnace that will furnish a large amount of heat with aminimum employment of fuel and likewise producing a furnace in which themonoxide gas is entirely prevented from mixing with the heated air thatis delivered through the fines of the furnace.

The invention will be fully and comprehen- 2 sively understood from aconsideration of the following detailed'description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings which form part of theapplication, with the understanding, however, that the improvement iscapable of extended application and is not confined to the exact showingof the drawings nor to the precise construction described and,therefore, such changes and modifications may be made therefrom as donot afiectthe spirit of the invention nor exceed the scope thereof asexpressed in the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal sectionalview through a furnace or heater in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 ofFigure 1.

Figure 8 is a similar sectional v1ew approximately on the line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

In the showing of the drawings, the devlce is illustrated as a gasfurnace but obviously fuel other than gas may be employed.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, 4 the numeral 1 designates thecombustion chamber for the fire from the burners 2 for natural gas. Theburners are, of course,.suitably supported and each of the said burnershas attached thereto an inlet pipe 3 connected to a manifold 4:, themanifold being associated combustion chamber and for the ring mem- I ber5.

The closed top of the combustion chamber 1 is dome-shaped or rounded,and the said chamber hasits side walls, adjacent to the bottom thereof,provided with a plurality'of spaced round openings from which extend.short pipes 7 that communicate with tubular members in the nature offines 8. The top and bottom walls provided by the fiues 8 are closedexcept for round openings in the center thereof and secured inthewallsprovided by. these round openings and extending longitudinally througheach of the fiues, 8 there is an inner flue or, pipe 9. Secured to theouterwall of the inner and air conducting pipe or flue and the innerwall of the heat conducting flue 8 there are the edges of a spirallywound baffie 10. The fines 8, at their top are connected byshort pipes11 to a radiator 12, which is preferably round in plan. The radiator hasa central opening 13 therethrough arranged in a line with thedome-shaped top 14 of the combustion chamber 1. Theradiator has its topand bottom'walls connected to arched baffie plates 15 that divide thesaidradiator into. outer compartments or passages 16 and into,innercompartments or passages 17,the said battle plates at a pointbetween two of the flues having their inner ends spaced to provide anopening 18 between the compartments 16 and 17 The baffle plates may bein the nature of a ring member and have their outer ends curved. as at19, to provide a vent pipe 20.

As faras the description has progressed it will be seen that theproducts of'combustion will be directed upwardly into the combustionchamber 1 and from thence downwardly and through the short pipes 7into-the space between the inner and outer flues 9 and 8, respectively.The products of combustion will contact with the spiral baffles 10before entering the radiator 12. The products of combuswith each of saidfines, baflle plates arranged a tion are caused to take a circuitouspath in the radiator before passing out of the vent 20 and thus it willbe noted that the passage of the products of combustion are baffled ordelayed to afford them time to part with their heat before escapingthrough the exhaust pipe or vent 20.

Surrounding the heater there is the shell or casing 21. The top of thecasing 21 is, of course, disposed above the fines and the radiator 12,the said top being cone-shaped, as at 24. If desired, the conical top ofthe casing 21 may communicate directly with a register or the same mayhave attached thereto suitable flue pipes 22 that'lead to the differentrooms of the building to be heated. The delayed heat caused by thebaflies in the fines in the radiator will, of course, be directed intothe casing21 and find an outlet through the top or through the fluepipes connected with the top 24 thereof.

The construction and advantages of the improvement will, it is thought,he understood and appreciated by those skilled in the art after theforegoing description has been carefully read in connection with theaccompanying drawings so that further detailed description will not berequired.

Having described the invention, I claim:

In a furnace, the combination with a burner, a combustion chamber, aring-like member surrounding the burners and spaced from the inner wallof the chamber, an outer casing, spaced groups of fines arranged ateither side of the combustion chamber between the latter and saidcasing, an air pipe in each flue, the lower ends of said flnescommunicating with the combustion chamber, a hollow annular radiatorsupported by and between the respective groups of fines andcommunicating 'within each flue, an outlet pipe extending from theradiator and passing through said outer casing, and oppositely curvedbaflle plates arranged within said radiator between the inner and outerwalls thereof, said last mentioned baffle plates extendingfrom saidoutlet pipe and terminating in spaced relation and at points beyondadjacent outermost fines of the respective groups.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WALTER E. RYNIKER;

